The Society of Mary is leaving Manawatu. They will leave Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Palmerston North, at the end of 2015. A consequence of this decision is the Society will also scale back its support of Hato Paora College. “The decision to finish reflects our need to consolidate our apostolates and to prioritise our ministries,” Marist Read more
St Paul’s College in Auckland has lifted its roll-based NCEA pass rates by between 58 and 73 percentage points in the past decade. The school had been struggling against negative local perceptions while trying to cater to at-risk students. Roll pressures saw the boys’ school take on more at-risk students, causing issues with engagement, behaviour and Read more
Expectant parents are registering their unborn children with Waikato church-run schools in a bid to ensure a place for them when they turn five. Hundreds of non-Catholic children are already registered on Catholic school waiting lists in Hamilton city alone and this has Hamilton Diocese planning a new primary school north of the city. The Read more
Secondary Principals’ Association (SPANZ) executive member Patrick Walsh is concerned that injunctions and other legal threats are edging “dangerously close” to undermining the authority of the country’s principals to manage their schools. Walsh said a legal Pandora’s box had been opened after a judge forced St Bede’s College to reinstate two teen rowers dropped from Read more
The Church hasn’t valued higher education in the way it should have, says a prominent New Zealand artist and academic. In an address given at the Good Shepherd College graduation in Ponsonby on June 5, Lady Mary Barker said that, as a body, the Church has generally been suspicious of new thought and ideas. It Read more
On Sunday the Whanau Hato Petera Trust elected seven new members. The 12-person trust board had been reduced to five after a number of recent resignations. The present chairman, Tame Te Rangi, retained his position. Hato Petera Collge has two boards. One is the Whanau Hato Petera Trust, which is responsible for the dorms and Read more
Outspoken children’s health campaigner Dr Lance O’Sullivan is preparing to take “drastic action” at a troubled Auckland boarding school after learning of what he says are serious safety issues. Dr O’Sullivan, a Kaitaia GP who has been named New Zealander of the Year and Maori of the Year, claims Northcote’s Hato Petera College has failed Read more
The triennial NZ Catholic Education Convention, which brings together those involved in Catholic education in the broadest sense took place in Wellington this week. The New Zealand Catholic Bishops have been be in attendance throughout the convention which has been attended by teachers, principals, staff, Boards of Trustees, priests, advisors, adult educators and academics. This Read more
School children have helped hone the environmental monitoring the dredge at Port Taranaki. As a result of a project undertaken by Room Four at St Pius X School, Taranaki Regional Council [TRC] has increased their monitoring of effects from dredging. “We were on an extensive monitoring programme already,” TRC scientific officer marine ecologist Emily Roberts said. Read more
A 1700 sq m plot of bare land that borders St Paul’s College is being sold by the Marist Brothers’ Trust Board. The land is being subdivided from the school and is therefore yet to be assigned a capital valuation. Ponsonby is one of the Auckland’s most sought-after post codes. There were 14 residential sales in Read more